Cross-cultural validation of the Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA) in Iran

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 418-425

  Jowkar, Bahram ^a   Friborg, Oddgeir ^b   Hjemdal, Odin ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validation; Factor analysis; Protective factors; Resilience; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVICES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649398862     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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